" The Lion King " Released On July 19 .

" The Lion King "  is a 2019 American musical film directed and produced by Jon Favreau, written by Jeff Nathanson, and produced by Walt Disney Pictures. It is a photorealistic computer-animated remake of Disney's traditionally animated 1994 film  "The Lion King ".

The film stars the voices of Donald Glover, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alfre Woodard, Billy Eichner, John Kani, John Oliver and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, as well as James Earl Jones reprising his role from the original.

Plans for a remake of The Lion King were confirmed in September 2016 following the success of Disney's The Jungle Book, also directed by Favreau. Much of the main cast signed in early 2017 and principal production began in mid-2017 on a blue screen stage in Los Angeles.

The film is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on July 19, 2019. It received mixed reviews, with praise for its visual effects, musical score and vocal performances, but criticism for its facial animations and lack of originality .

Voice cast

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Main article: List of The Lion King characters

Donald Glover as Simba: 

JD McCrary as young Simba.

Seth Rogen as Pumbaa:

Alfre Woodard as Sarabi: 

John Kani as Rafiki: 

John Oliver as Zazu:

James Earl Jones as Mufasa: 

Additionally, Penny Johnson Jerald voices Sarafina, Nala's mother. Amy Sedaris, Chance Bennett and Josh McCrary voice a guinea fowl, a bush baby, and an elephant shrew, respectively, Timon and Pumbaa's neighbors in the jungle. Phil LaMarr voices an impala, while J. Lee voices a hyena.

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